TRL
Total Request Live was a television series on MTV that featured popular music videos. TRL was MTV's prime outlet for music videos as the network continued to concentrate on reality-based programming. In addition to music videos, TRL featured daily guests. The show was a popular promotion tool used by musicians, actors, and other celebrities to promote their newest works to the show's target teen demographic. TRL played the top ten most requested videos of the day, as requested by viewers who voted online for their favorite video. The countdown started with the tenth most requested video and ended with the most requested. As of October 22, 2007, TRL's countdown was based on votes, charts, ringtones, download, radio airplay, and streams, meaning that the most user requested video might not have been the number 1 video. The show generally aired Monday through Thursday for one hour, though the scheduling and length of the show fluctuated over the years. Despite the word "Live" in the title of the show, many episodes were actually pre-recorded. It was announced on September 15, 2008 that TRL would be shut down and replaced with FNMTV. The special three-hour finale aired on November 16, 2008, at 8 p.m.
Episodes
9/14/98
Sep 14, 1998
9/15/98
Sep 15, 1998
8/16/98
Sep 16, 1998
9/17/98
Sep 17, 1998
9/18/98
Sep 18, 1998
9/21/98
Sep 21, 1998
9/22/98
Sep 22, 1998
9/23/98
Sep 23, 1998
9/24/98
Sep 24, 1998
9/25/98
Sep 25, 1998
9/28/98
Sep 28, 1998
9/29/98
Sep 29, 1998
9/30/98
Sep 30, 1998
9/31/98
Oct 01, 1998
10/1/98
Oct 01, 1998
10/4/98
Oct 04, 1998
10/5/98
Oct 05, 1998
10/6/98
Oct 06, 1998
10/7/98
Oct 07, 1998
10/8/98
Oct 08, 1998
10/11/98
Oct 11, 1998
10/12/98
Oct 12, 1998
10/13/98
Oct 13, 1998
10/14/98
Oct 14, 1998
10/15/98
Oct 15, 1998
10/18/98
Oct 18, 1998
10/19/98
Oct 19, 1998
10/20/98
Oct 20, 1998
10/21/98
Oct 21, 1998
10/22/98
Oct 22, 1998
10/25/98
Oct 25, 1998
10/26/98
Oct 26, 1998
10/27/98
Oct 27, 1998
10/28/98
Oct 28, 1998
11/2/1998
Nov 02, 1998
11/4/98
Nov 04, 1998
11/5/98
Nov 05, 1998
11/6/98
Nov 06, 1998
11/9/98
Nov 09, 1998
11/10/98
Nov 10, 1998
11/11/98
Nov 11, 1998
11/12/98
Nov 12, 1998
11/13/98
Nov 13, 1998
11/16/98
Nov 16, 1998
11/17/98
Nov 17, 1998
11/18/98
Nov 18, 1998
11/19/98
Nov 19, 1998
12/12/98
Dec 12, 1998
3/31/99
Mar 31, 1999
8/11/99
Aug 11, 1999
